Great Wall Green Beans

Name: Great Wall Green Beans
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb fresh green beans; 3 garlic cloves, crushed and easy chopped; 1 tablespoon canola oil; 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon honey (pref. raw-thick type); 1/8 teaspoon cornstarch; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil; 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/8 teaspoon Lawry's Seasoned Salt; 1 pinch cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds

Submitted by ChefLee

"I love those oriental green beans at Chinese restaurants and I invented these so I could eat them at home without ordering take-out! Hope you like them!"

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 2

ingredients

1 lb fresh green beans
3 garlic cloves, crushed and easy chopped
1 tablespoon canola oil
¹⁄₂ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1 tablespoon honey (pref. raw-thick type)
¹⁄₈ teaspoon cornstarch
¹⁄₄ teaspoon pepper
¹⁄₄ teaspoon toasted sesame oil
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground ginger
¹⁄₈ teaspoon Lawry's Seasoned Salt
1 pinch cinnamon
¹⁄₂ teaspoon sesame seeds

directions

Wash and cut ends off your beans and place them in a large skillet with 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil, then boil beans for 5 minutes.
After boiling, pour beans into a collander and dump the water.
In a small bowl; mix together rice vinegar, honey, Lawry's, cornstarch, soy sauce, pepper, red pepper flakes, toasted sesame oil, ginger, and cinnamon.
Heat the canola oil on med-high in your skillet and add the garlic. Saute garlic for 1 minute then add back your beans and the marinade. Stir fast.
Saute beans on med heat for 8 minutes, stirring often.
Remove skillet from burner and let beans continue to sizzle just from the heat of the pan.
When sizzling stops, sprinkle sesame seeds on top and serve.

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Reviews

Very flavorful green beans. I did not have ground ginger so substituted some fresh ginger. Otherwise made as written. The red pepper flakes provide a nice heat. If you are sensitive to spices (like my husband), you may want to reduce the red pepper flakes to 1/4 teaspoon. Thank you for the recipe! We will be enjoying this again soon.

swissms
I too found this recipe to be a little to the sweet side, but it is easily adaptable to balancing the salty/sweet/hot to suit your tastes. Thank you Chef*Lee for shring the recipe.

BonnieZ
DH and I served these beans as a side to Recipe #283675. They were very complimentary to the dish. DH wished they were a little less sweet, though the recipe lends itself to easy modification to suit one's tastes. The recipe involves little prep and comes together quite quickly, which is always a plus. Thanks, Chef Lee!

Dr. Jenny
This is soooo good. I always eat lots of these at the restaurant because they are so refreshing. Thank you for posting, we really enjoyed your recipe .

Kendra Jeans Kitchen